It’s axiomatic in the commercial theater that two shows always sell: “Fiddler on the Roof” and “The Sound of Music.” Why? Both are beloved works of genius that are generous when it comes to human ...

Say those four words “The Sound of Music” and everyone remembers Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer in the 1965 movie. Few recall the original 1959 Broadway musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein or ...

It might surprise fans to learn that the movie “The Sound of Music,” which turned 60 years old on March 2, was not one of the critics’ favorite things when it hit theaters in 1965. Pauline Kael called ...

Though it may be one of the most acclaimed movie musicals of all time, The Sound of Music is not without its controversy. Released in 1965, the film tells the story of Maria (Julie Andrews), a flighty ...

LEAVENWORTH, WASH. — Paul Davis is a lawyer at the Department of Energy, but he’d always wanted to play Captain von Trapp in “The Sound of Music.” His dad was a naval officer, like the character, and ...